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4.24.2012

this blog has been such a source of joy and comfort for me over the last few years. and more than anything it has been because of you all--you lovely, lovely people who read my often silly words and respond with anything but. you lovely, lovely people who remind me to keep going--that our stories are somehow intertwined and parallel and we must all sojourn on together, even if miles and worlds apart.

so as a thank you i want to give away this lovely miu miu wallet (which doubles as a clutch) to one lucky reader. in order to participate you must be a blog follower and enter a comment below letting me know what you like seeing on the blog (or don't like seeing)--this is my wily way of extracting some valuable info out of you. for a second entry you can tweet about the giveaway, letting me know you did so, and you chances will be doubled.

i know a giveaway isn't much. it will never do justice to the measure of my gratitude. but i suppose if nothing else, it's a way to begin this tuesday.

111 comments:

What I love about your blog: Your choice of words, words that I would never think to string together in a sentence, but comes out perfectly. I can't stress that enough. You have a great gift. I love how painfully honest you are in a world where most people aren't. You are the sole reason I started my blog and you continue to be the most honest and real blog that I follow.

What I don't love about this blog?! That's crazy, everything about this blog is perfect. I feel like you are writing just to me or that I'm writing it... well, I mean, you write it down with lovely and perfectly chosen words, of course! Have a nice day!

What I love reading about in your posts is your openness with you thoughts and feelings about life and the search for a partner. Yours is such a refreshing perspective. I know coming to visit your blog is like stepping into a corner cafe and over lattes listening to you discuss what is meaningful with the world, troubles and all. xo

I love everything about your blog, but I feel like that's not an acceptable answer. So I love the "My Manhattan" series. That's really just my favorite stuff. And I love how honest you are. It's so raw and real. It makes me so comfortable with you. You make my days brighter with this blog :)

It shouldn't take a giveaway to get me to comment on your blog, since I love it in such a way. I always think of sending you a love note, and never get up any nerve. Your words are such delights, and I appreciate your lovely musings. Your entries make me feel like we're sitting together, over two lattes, and having a chat. I wish I knew you in real world way, and that's what I love most about reading this blog. Also, your letters to your future husband make my heart sing in every way.

Meg, I love your honesty. Honesty in the good and the bad of life. You speak what so many of us think and are not able to bring to words! Your posts on NED are always inspirational, although my favorites are when you showcase your beautiful photos.

what I love seeing here - literally anything and everything. Your blog is ALWAYS ALWAYS such a place of inspiration for me. Honesty. That's what I hope to always find here no matter how quickly your followers grow. Just stay honest. Be true to you and what you want to share in your corner of the Internet and I'll continue looking forward to post after post! (I tweeted about the giveaway)

I love when you share what you're struggling with. I know your words are a comfort to many of your readers! Also, I like when you write about past loves. You have a way of saying so much through little details and emotions, rather than just telling us what happened. I love it.

I've told you this before, and I'll say it again but I love your blog for how genuine you are. Which is completely conveyed through all of your beautiful words and photographs. I love how honest you are with your readers, because let's be real our lives are not fairy tales. Honesty is something we all can relate to, and this is why your blog is so special.

Don't get me wrong, I eat up the "this is what I wore today and aren't my children adorable???" blogs on a daily basis and love them, but I suppose I come here for something more. I relate to your struggles living with an eating disorder, but mostly I guess I just relate to the single life of a lost but brave twenty-something. I figure that smart, beautiful young women ought to stick together.

I love seeing your life on your blog, you know? your truth? Sometimes when I'm feeling something very particular, I search through my reader specifically for you because you tend to write the words that I haven't found a way to express yet. I love the raw. I love the honesty. keep up the amazing work. You make me feel less alone!

I love how I can easily relate to you. Your blog, choice of words, everything that you illustrate is so real. I love that you're not afraid to show your flaws, to share that you're having a difficult day/week/month/etc etc. In a sea of sugar coated blogs, it's nice to see a piece of something that's genuine. Something that's human and real. Thank you so very much :)

This is honestly a lovely giveaway! I've always lusted after a nice wallet like this but could never afford one of my own. :) Your blog is honestly such a source of inspiration to me ... your thoughts on life and struggling to find your place and grab hold of your dreams; those are all of the things that most occupy my brain space and I find that you put everything I'm feeling into words that are more beautiful than I could ever muster. So thank you for being so honest ... your honesty and openness are what I hope to see here always.

I love your writing. Particularly the raw honesty of your words. You have a beautiful way with words and I'm always amazed at how you reveal a part of myself to me when I read your blog. I know that most of what you write is a process for yourself, but for your readers to recognize a piece of themselves, particularly something that they couldn't articulate until they saw it written before them... that is a gift, Meg.

I follow your blog and you are such a source of inspiration for me. You have helped me realize how to throw out the 'diet' talk and embrace a healthy lifestyle where I'm not held captive by how much I weigh. Everything on how you're working towards health is my favorite part of your blog. Thanks for the inspiration.

I, along with all the comments preceding me, love your blog to pieces. I especially love your short essays and letters to your future love. The music is always a plus too. I have discovered some amazing music through you. Thank you so much for sharing in this forum.

I love that you share your daily life with all of us on the internet. You have served as an inspiration for me to keep writing and sharing bits and pieces of myself through my own writing. Thank you for being an amazing person and woman.

I love your words, Meg. They just feel so pure and honest and unadulterated. You have the most beautiful turn of phrase, but it feels as though it rolled out of your mind and onto the page, rather than contrived. Honestly, it's wonderful.

I love your honesty. It's so refreshing to feel like someone is being real and open about all things in their life - good and bad. And your letters to your future someone. Thanks for sharing so much of you.

1) your writing, first and foremost. you are gifted well beyond your years.2) the good and the bad. no skirting around that which can make one squirm3) variety, reality, urban setting, music, photos--it all works.

you make me want to be a better writer, and that daily inspiration is invaluable. and i like that you're clearly stepping outside of what's comfortable by pushing your words in front of more people. but words like these shouldn't stay locked up, meg

I came upon your blog because I love New York. I have only spent 10 days in your city (from Cape Town, South Africa) but I am working on returning soon (to collect my clutch ;)). Like so many others have already mentioned, your honesty is your strength. I am 53 year old mother of three sons and my boys love the same music as you do. I feel like I know you and that you could be my friend (or daughter). I also love your letters to your future man. Perhaps I should send my middle son over to collect my clutch. :) Joking. Keep it up Meg!!

you are so sweet. thank you!i love writing. you are an amazing writer. you continue to inspire me with your way with words, in each post that you write. i feel like you're my friend too, and i've learned more about myself from reading your thoughts and posts. seriously, keep it up...i adore your blog so so much. xoxo

I love your words. They are more beautiful than anything I can ever hope to write, and they make me question myself. Your music recommendations are almost always songs that I've mindlessly written out the lyrics to, so much do I love them, and you are honest. You are honest about your life and your feelings and that makes me think that maybe one day I too, could be honest about everything.

This is a super classy and simple wallet/clutch, definitely something I would use all the time.My favorite part of being a reader of our blog, is that you open up a little with what you write, and although I don't know you in person, I like to think you're a very wonderful person for someone to know. It's very nice to have the words you write to relate to. I'm a big fan of your writing.:)

miss meg, my favorite part of this blog are your words of course. they sweep me up and show me a beautiful world and pain that sometimes seeps in. i keep realizing, keep learning about perspective this year. your perspective is one i treasure. thank you for sharing your words. they make the world, my world, a richer place. consider any book you ever write pre-ordered.

kate

ps. i don't comment so much because it seems that i always want to say the same thing, which i said above. and it seems a bit gushing. but it's true.

I follow you on my Google Reader, and Meg, I’m tellin’ ya...you are there for me. As a writer myself, I’m always striving to wrap things up in the perfect little sentences, and somehow, you always manage to. You say things in ways I never could. You make me think of quiet, sunlit kitchens and warm cups of tea and looking into Trent’s brown eyes and knowing that, someday, he’ll be all mine.

hi pretty friend! you know for the life of me i couldn't think of something that you should change-- as you will hear in these comments before mine, we love your words-- your truths, even your failings. Never change that!

if there's anything i would love more of, it's when you record yourself "saying" your posts. It's a bit intimate hearing your thoughts out loud, out there in front of us. You could also take it a step further and do a vlog ;)

XOXO Micaela

ps. gracious, thank-you for the chance to own a bit of classic fashion.

I just love your writing style. It probably doesn't even matter what you write about -- I just love it. Sometimes I come here for inspiration, when I'm stuck in my own words. (That being said, I'm loving your Tuesday tunes, too!)

Generally, I adore the way you shape your words. More specifically, I love your love letters, your short stories, the quotes, and the music posts. (I really think you've shaped my musical tastes for the better in the past few months!)

Keep doing what you're doing, because no matter what you post, it always ends up being exactly what I needed to see or read that day. Thanks for everything!

I love the eloquence of your words. How you formulate, mold and give meaning to all of the smaller nuances. All of the feelings of love, loss, hope, pride, etc. I enjoy your humor as well as your more serious posts and frankly, I love that you are simply and at times raw in your honesty.

I love this blog mostly just because of your mastery of language. seriously. you have this way with picking and choosing words and constructing your writing so that it is beautiful and amazing and just the nectar of the gods. or something along those lines.

I love the honesty that comes with each post. I love how you seem so uncensored and unashamed that your life is far from perfect and sometimes you struggle. Its inspiring. And you have brilliant quotes usually. And I've really been loving your Tunes Tuesday.

I want to see more of everything. But especially your letters to your someday Sunday lover, your snapshots of life, and the magical wonderful quotes you post. Although, these days I find myself quoting YOU more often than the writers you post.

I hate your blog...in a sense. I hate that i feel the same things you do when i read your words. I often try to keep to my own thoughts in my head, but I tend to revert back to yours through out my days. I have no need for a clutch...I really have no need to write this...but I do have a need to read your words...please don't stop.

While I follow your blog everyday like a morning ritual of coffee, I don't follow it in the 'official sense' - as in I actually haven't remembered to click to "follow" button. so, don't include me in the giveaway.

I just simply wanted to say that reading your blog these past couple of years has been first very inspiring and a comfort through life's journeys as well. I really love your posts about those short short stories you write once in a while about romance or the potential between two characters (I hope you know what I'm talking about, I'm not explaining it very well!). I also found your NED and consequent FED posts very comforting and inspiring. But really, anything you write is simply a joy to gobble up with the eyes. And your pictures are all lovely as well! I especially remember those pics from the Noah and the Whale concert - simply divine. Anyways, this has gotten to be way too long of a comment so I'll end here.

There's something special about your posts. Maybe it's your artfulness and your skill with words. Though more likely it's the certain way you open up about your foibles, which resonate with me because they are not unlike mine. Nay it's quite possibly the honesty, the charm, the wit, the rawness. But it's definitely how you believe in and chronicle love - that of your friends and family, that of a future someone special, and above all, that for yourself. Thank you for being you.

I've read all the comments above mine and found myself nodding idiotically along with everything that was said. Some of these entries have made me laugh, cry and sometimes just feel plain "un-alone". Here would be a good time to say thank you too. I enjoy the music you post up especially and some of my favorite quotes were found on here. Sorry that this comment dripped in sop.

There's many things to love about your blog but I really love the love letters. Not because they are addressed to your future someone but because they are actually love letters to yourself. A reminder for you about the things you like, love and laugh about yourself.

Meg, your writing is easy to relate to because it's an "ah-hah" moment! You describe what each of us think or feel everyday, but you dwell on the details that each of us forget or push aside each day. Thank you! Thank you for writing, for understanding yourself, for knowing what you want and need, and for hosting this giveaway!

I have been a long time reader and much of your writing puts me at such ease. I love the letters to your future husband and was most insprired to do so myself in a journal too (since I dont have a blog). brady.nicole.m@gmail.com

As I read through various GoogleReader posts every night, I always save yours for last. It always feels as though your blog is like a story, whose ending I cannot predict.

The ebbs and flows in your thoughts and feelings are so well articulated, and it sure is great to see another twenty-something lady with so much possibility, as well as the courage to say that sometimes you just don't know.

When I come to your blog, I come to read your words. That seems obvious, but it's because they are more than words. They are beautiful thoughts.

On top of that, I like your letters to your future husband, your picture of your manhattan, your pictures in general, your stories that feel like you're reading a page out of a novel, your inspiration posts, and hearing about your life in the city.

what I love seeing and reading on your blog is the links. I feel a little thrill when I see a new post and it's full of links to things I know I'm going to love, articles that are going to soothe my heart's aching, photos that are going to take my breath away. I love reading the letters to your future husband, a man that will surely be blessed to have such a treasure to open one day. I love to hear about your struggles, not because I enjoy seeing others in pain, but because I know there will be an amazing post not too far about how you overcame. And most of all I love this blog because it inspires me. Over and over.

Well hey there. :) I'm Sharon, a reader from PA. I don't remember how I stumbled across your blog, but I've been reading for a while now, mostly because it's so very real. You have a beautiful way of expressing whatever's in your head and your life, the triumphs and fears. Because of this, you read like a character from a favorite book. I'm rooting for your happy ending as much as I root for Elizabeth Bennets, and well... my own.

Some things I love seeing on your blog are the things you post about food and body image, because your experiences have placed you in a position where you can encourage without being cliche. I love the bits about NYC because I've never been there (someday though!), and I also love the letters to your someday man.

What I love about your blog is how honest you are. I often find that you can put words to feelings I have felt or are feeling. When reading your blog I find myself thinking, wow that is exactly how I feel today.

Please please enter me! I love that you pour your whole self into each of your blog posts. I love it most when you talk about your life and are vulnerable, since that's something I'm a little afraid of doing. And I love this wallet! xoxoxo

i just love your writing. sometimes it's like you put things i feel and think into words. i am dealing with depression and eating disorder and your blog encourages me to stay on that path of recovery, if you know what i mean.i'm also a big fan of your photography and always enjoy the musical delicacies you share.so: thanks to you.

I read your blog every two days. I love your music...downloaded that Imagine Dragons song right away. I have been reading your blog for years now and it lives in my bookmark toolbar. Along with my morning coffee, I check in with you. I wish you well, I commiserate with you, I feel with you, and most of all I'm proud that you've kept this blog up and have continued to write daily. Go you!

I literally just found your blog a few days ago. I am new to blogging and discovering new blogs like yours make me want to keep on writing. you really do inspire me to keep doing this. so thank you for that, while us readers help you, you also help us. remember that. your words help. I spent an entire morning reading your blog the day I found it (yup, unproductive at work) and had to peel myself away to get some stuff down. The way to write is so down to earth and reassuring that it is comforting. keep doing what you are doing and THANK YOU. http://myseafoamdreams.blogspot.com/ and i tweeted as well :)

I love that you aren't afraid to write about exactly where you're at in life no matter where that is, good or bad. I love that your writings that encourage me to embrace my singleness, but I also absolutely adore your letters to your someday husband. I love when you share about life in New York; I would absolutely adore to live there someday myself. I love that when I'm reading your blog I can see bits of myself in it.

More than anything though I want to thank you for helping give me the courage (and almost the permission) to write myself.

Even if there isn't time left to enter the drawing I'll tell you what I love about your blog: your honesty. I used to have the boldness to be so brave and open on a blog. While I haven't shared the same struggles as you, my pain is deep as well. Thanks for your courage.